Disappearing towel-cabinet



R. B. CAHILL.

DISAPPEAHING TOWEL CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 19|6y 1,312,385., Pat-@med Aug. 1919.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY citizen of the United States, residing normar 11. cAHILL, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISAPPEARIN G TOWEL-CABIN ET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. .Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Application med may 4, 191s. serial No. 35,416.

Tc al? whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatI, ROBERT B. CAHILL, a

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain `newand use' ful Improvements in Disappearing Towel- Cabinets, of which thefollowing is a -specifcation.

My invention relates to a disappearing cabinet or holder particularly adapted for use in connection with towels.

Oneobject of the invention is to provide a novel construction of articles of this nature which will prove durable and eiicient in use and at the same time capable of manufacture and installation at-low cost.V

A very important object resides in the provision of the specific clamping o'r retain mg means lfor the towel or other articles, as will be hereinafter set forth and described with reference to accompanying drawing illustrating one preferred embodiment, and wherein Figure 1 is a front View in elevation of the improved cabinet;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 361s a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the cabinet opened and containing towels,and

Fig. 4 is a top or plan view of the towel retainer or door.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, 5 designates a cas-v ing adapted to be built into a Wall structure and adapted to be closed by means of a door generally designated 6 and which retains or holds the towels or other articles so as be a disappearing holder or retainer in this respect. The door 6 may comprise a'rectangular frame 7 lhinged to the casing at 8 and which frame is cut away at its rear face to provide an inclined seat 9 for a mirror 10. The back of mirror 10 is `flush with the rear face of the casing 9. Secured to the frame is a retainer comprising abase` wall l1, and end wall 12 rising therefrom and sidewalls 13 rising from the base wall and joining the end wall. lSaid base wall 11 'eX'- tencls over the mirror and overlaps vthe frame. The wall 11, it will be realized serves to fasten the mirror panel 10 in place.

It will be noted that the end wall v12 A0f the retainer will engage the bottom of the.cas

- ing 5 when the retainer is in a closed position as indicated in Fig. 2, whereby the sup- `porting strain will be relieved from the hinges 8 and will be directly imparted from the bottom to the casing.

Normally the retainer 7-13 is contained --or positioned within the casing 5 and the door 6 is fastened in closed position by any conventional form of fastening means at 14 Links l5 are pivoted together and to the casing 5 and walls 13 so as to fold inwardly and distend outwardly to limit movement of the retainer and door to a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 3. A substantially U-shaped4 clasp spring 16 is provided which may clamp towels between the same and the wall 11. The spring 16 at its ends is coiled as at 17 so as to coperate with studs 18 to mount the spring with a tendency to remain in engagement with the wall 11. Where a few towels are to be stored in the device, they may be clamped as stated intermediate the clasp spring 16 and the wall 11. However, when a l number of towels are to be stored 4as shown in Fig. 3 they are preferably piled upon the spring 16. Above the pile which may be designated 19, one or more rubber. or other elastic bands 20 may be disposed and be fastened at opposite ends to the walls A13. These bands clamp the towels against the spring 16 and` in turn the clasp spring is longitudinally bowed outwardly so as to be flattened by the towels and thereby tend to press the towels tightly into engagement with the bands 20.

' It will be understood that when the towels are to be removed or stored, the bands 20 may be moved outwardly to release the towel or the spring 16 may be so moved, as occasion may require. Such operations ocour when the device is opened after swinging of the door and retainer subsequent to. operation of the lock 14. After the towels have been removed or secured in place, the door and retainer may be moved to its closed or disappeared position andlock 14 actuated to maintain the same in such position.

Since merely the preferred embodiment hasd been illustrated and described, it 1s to be understood that changes in the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by appended claim.

I claim:

A device of the class described having a Leimen casing, a closure therefor consisting of ay may enter the casing and rest on the said frame having a panel resting therein, a rebase Wall.

tainer means extending across the panel and ln testimony whereof I afx my signature securing it to the frame, pivot means conin presence of two Witnesses necting the frame to the Casin below the HUBERT B. CAHILL. top of the base Wall at its receiving space, and said retainer being spaced from the pivot end of the frame so that the retainer Witnesses MARY CAHILL., MARGARET CAHILL. 

